ORIOLES TAKE FIRST TWO PLAYOFF GAMES

Pot Calling the Kettle Black

US running for cover as their 'war on ISIS' not going well so they blame their allies. The truth is that the US has been training, funding, arming, and directing the so-called "Syrian rebels" for the past couple of years.

This kind of hypocrisy is typical in Washington - start wars and blame others.

Space Week Message from Sweden

On behalf of the Swedish Peace Committee I extend our support for Keep Space for Peace Week. We hope it will be a success in spreading awareness and lead to strengthened mobilization for peace.

Today is Global Action Day Against Drones. There will be activities in Stockholm and Kiruna today and during the coming week. It is inspiring to see the myriad of activities in other countries which are listed on the Space4Peace site.

Even if we are not flying kites this week some of us will be meeting in Gothenburg to formulate and launch activities to resist parliamentary approval of the 'Host Nation Support Treaty' which puts in question Swedish non-alliance and neutrality, even if Sweden does not become a formal member of NATO.

The newly elected government may avoid formal NATO membership but the Host Nation Support Treaty must also be rejected. We are disappointed by the Green Party which has scuttled its opposition to new jet fighters and submarines in order to join the new coalition government in Sweden.

Again we support whole heartedly your efforts to keep weapons out of space. It is a crucial element in the promotion of conflict resolution and peace.

Friday, October 03, 2014

Missile Defense: A Trojan Horse

A protest at US NSA/NRO space spy base at Menwith Hill in England

I was looking through some old US Space Command documents last night in preparation for a talk on the militarization of space that I will do on Saturday here in Maine. The New England War Tax Resistance group has their 29th annual meeting in Kennebunk, Maine this weekend and I will speak along with CodePink Maine coordinator Lisa Savage.

Inside the Space Command's Long Range Plan (published in 1998) I found a paperclip on page 74 and in a section called 'End State' was something I marked many years ago with a yellow highlighter:

In 2020, we see space forces completely integrated with land, sea, and air forces. Warfighters are trained to take full advantage of space capabilities in special, joint, and combined warfare. Should threats to our national security emerge and our civilian leadership decide, weapons in space could be deployed - first for national missile defense, then toward theater missile defense, and eventually for additional missions. Tactics, techniques, and procedures mature as a result of policies and doctrine that encourage employing capabilities from all mediums throughout the entire spectrum of conflict.

It is more than clear that "missile defense" is about offense - full spectrum dominance.

In a book called Arming The Heavens: The Hidden Military Agenda for Space, 1945-1995 author Jack Manno tells the story about Hitlers rocket team that was brought to the US at the end of WW II under the program of Operation Paperclip. The 100 leading Nazi scientists and engineers were brought to Huntsville, Alabama to create the US space program. One of them, Maj. Gen. Walter Dornberger, had been the head of Hitler's military space program. Manno writes about Dornberger:

Before a [US] congressional hearing in 1958, Dornberger insisted that America's top space priority ought to be to "conquer, occupy, keep, and utilize space between the earth and the moon." In an address to a National Missile Industry Conference, he dismissed NASA's early space-flight program as "space stunts" and urged that more attention be given to space weaponry. "Gentlemen," he told the missile men, "I didn't come to this country to lose the Third World War - I lost two."

Dornberger was the first to come up with the idea that the US should put orbiting battle stations into the heavens that would allow the military to knock out satellites and hit targets on the Earth. While some of these systems have yet to be deployed they certainly have been, and still are, under development by the US aerospace industry.

The telling point is that the Nazi program of using military space technology to control the Earth below is indeed at the core of the US Space Command program in 2014 and beyond. Thus 'missile defense' is indeed a Trojan Horse - a way to sell an offensive program to Congress and the American people under the guise of defending the homeland and 'our allies'.

Thursday, October 02, 2014

You Can Call It Evil

US-NATO are currently holding joint war games in Ukraine with their puppet Kiev government. Likely when the war 'exercises' are over the US-NATO arms merchants will leave a shit load of military hardware there for the neo-Nazi's inside the Kiev regime to use against their own citizens in the eastern part of the country.

In the meantime the Kiev bullies keep shelling the east and the people there try their best to defend themselves.

The US-NATO want to create chaos along Russia's border like they are doing in the Middle East ..... and in the process the war industries make 19% profits.

Yes you can call it evil.

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us
guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

Great Start to Keep Space for Peace Week

This photo came to me this morning from Nick Deane in Australia. His short note read "Things are even happening in Sydney, Australia." It's a joy to think about how ideas can spread all around the globe. Can't keep the truth down for long.

Yesterday the photo below came my way from Global Network board member MacGregor Eddy in California. It was from a protest at Beale AFB in that state (the base I lived at when I graduated from high school in 1970. My step-father worked at the base on the cameras for the SR-71 'Blackbird' spy plane.)

MacGregor wrote:

Early
KS4P event at Beale AFB in Marysville, CA, 2 arrests on Sept 28, 9
arrestees pictured above on Sept 30th, lots more protesters, but the
arrested included four veterans and two clergy and one Global Network
board member, aka yours truly. I am on the far left in this photo, Beale
is home of the U-2 spy plane and now the Global Hawk drone.

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Latest Interview

The latest edition of This Issue
features Jason Rawn from Hope, Maine. Jason is a war tax resister and is
helping to organize the upcoming Maine Walk for Peace & A Sustainable Future
being sponsored by Maine Veterans For Peace. You can find more information
about the walk here

Kiev Continues to Violate Cease Fire

Prisoner swaps in Ukraine are in danger of stalling as rebels say they
will no longer tolerate Kiev’s practice of producing random people for
exchange instead of actual members of militia and political prisoners.

Amazing Catholic Solidarity on Jeju Island

Catholic priests and nuns blocked the entrance yesterday to the Navy base now being built in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea. The occasion was the 3rd anniversary of Catholic solidarity in the village to oppose base construction.

Father Mun Jeong-hyon crawled under a cement truck during the ceremony.

In addition a ground breaking ceremony was held for the new Gangjeong Life and Peace Pastoral Center that will be built in the village. About 100 people attended the ceremony which was blessed by Bishop Kang U-il of Jeju diocese. The pastoral center will be
located just behind the current peace center in Gangjeong village and scheduled
to be completed by next June.

Wouldn't it be great to see the Catholic Church this engaged in peace protests in other parts of the world? The Catholic community in South Korea is unlike any I've ever seen before. More power to them!

No Biz Like War Biz

The Pentagon says its bombing campaign in Iraq is costing taxpayers up
to 10 million dollars a day. But according to a leading Washington-based
think tank, the bill is even higher. RT's Egor Piskunov reports.

You can hear Tom Neilson's great song No Business Like War Businesshere

Asheville, North Carolina (Oct 9) Western N. C. Physicians for Social
Responsibility will present the film PAX
AMERICANA and the Weaponization of Space in commemoration
of Keep Space for Peace Week. This will be at West Asheville
Library, 942 Haywood Road, at 6:30 PM. This film deals with the issue of space weapons and
their politics, including interviews with several key US military
personnel and other prominent persons. It is vital that we citizens be
alerted to dangers facing our survival and action needed in light of a
growing arms race speeding the proliferation of these weapons. For more:
Lew Patrie, MD. 828-299-1242

Bad Breisig, Germany (Oct 4) Fly
Kites not Drones, 3-6 pm at Rheinpromenade. Please join us on this day to support the
anti-drone action around the world.We will fly kites in the sky to give a clear signal against the use
of combat and surveillance drones. The Left also calls upon themselves to
participate in this action. Together with the Left Youth SOLID AW we will
fly kites and then discuss over coffee and cake at our information booth
on drones, arms exports, military deployments and the current crisis.kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Berlin, Germany (Oct 4) Fly Kites,
Not Drones! First we will gather in front of the Deutscher Bundestag (German
Parliament) at 11:00 am and fly kites to make clear that we do not want to
be threatened by drones and we do not want people anywhere to be
threatened by drones. At 15:00, we will meet in parks throughout the city
and fly kites to continue our protest, just as the people of Afghanistan,
who live under the constant fear of drones, fly kites in protest. And we
will take steps to make Berlin a Drone Free Zone! ampfdrohnen.aechten.berlin@gmx.dekontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Berlin, Germany (Oct 3-5) Anti-War
Conference Berlin at Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte. An initiative
of scientists and journalists against militarization in Germany and in the
member states of European Union and NATO. The conference will focus on new
dimensions in the preparation and conduct of war through the use of
information technology, media propaganda and recently developed weapons
such as drones. http://antikriegskonferenz.de/

Bremen, Germany (Oct 4) Protest
against targeted killings. Meeting point: Am Osterdeich, between
Bürgerhaus and Sielwall; 4:00 pm.For
the global action day against the use of drones for surveillance and
killing we will also fly kites in Bremen together. Do not forget your
kite!kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Buffalo, New York (Oct 6) "Looking at Linkages: School Pushout
and Militarism," Merriweather Library (corner Jefferson & E.
Utica) at 6:30-8:00 pm. Come explore how the "Might is right" of
militarism relates to school pushout and the school-to-prison pipeline.
Speakers, discussion, and action-planning will address military
recruiting, militarization of the police, and drones in domestic airspace.
Sponsored by the Resist Militarism!! Taskforce and Peaceful Conflict
Resolution Program of the WNY Peace Center; Teens in Progress; and the
Interfaith Peace Network. For more info, please call Vicki at (716)
884-0582 or (716) 936-3520

Colorado Springs, Peterson AFB,
Colorado (Oct 7) Citizens for Peace in Space will be joined by Sisters Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert
for vigil at (north gate) of Air Force Space Command base from 4:30 - 5:30
pm. They were part of the group of sisters who did an action at the
Peterson open house in 2001. If you need a ride let us know.lwirbel@aol.com

Esslingen, Germany (Oct 4) Fly
Kites not Drones, Meeting point: Innere Brücke at Nikolauskapelle, 11 am –
2 pm. OV LEFT Esslingen is participating at the Global Action Day with an
information stand in the pedestrian zone, flying a kite or multiple,
distributed leaflets and makes an information booth.kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Fort Meade, Maryland (Oct 4) The
Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will go to the National Security Agency to
protest illegal surveillance and its involvement in drone strikes at 10:30
AM. Contact Max Obuszewski at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at Verizon (dot)
net.

RAF Fylingdales, England (Oct 11)
Walk around the US and NATO missile 'defence' radar on the North Yorkshire
moors. Meeting at Eller Beck at 1pm - see www.yorkshirecnd.org.ukand check with info@yorkshirecnd.org.ukor phone 01274730795 for details in case
of inclement weather.

Gangjeong village, Jeju Island, South
Korea (Oct. 4-11)Will have
some education and protest events which will be connected to daily protest
mass, human chain and evening culture event during Keep Space for Peace Week.
Sept. 21, The International Peace Day, Oct. 4, the International No Drone
day, and Oct. 7, the Remembrance Day on the invasion of Afghanistan will also
be observed, The South Korean government plans to introduce Global Hawk
and THAAD whose range will cover parts of China and Russia. Otherwise,
this April, the so called Asia-biggest Aerospace museum was opened on Jeju
Island. More details will come later. Please contact armha5156@gmail.com

Hamburg, Germany (Oct 4) Keine Kampfdrohnen. Please join us at an
info table with signature collection under the call "No Drone"
in the context of global action against the use of drones to monitor and
kill at 12:00 PM. Hamburger Forum, Kontakt: Hamburger Forum c/o Markus
Kunkel. kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Hancock Air Base, Dewitt, New York (Oct 5) Speak Out Against Drones: A Day of Global
Resistance at Hancock starts at 1:00 pm. Sponsored by Upstate
Coalition to Ground the Drones & End the Wars. spc@peacecouncil.net

Herford, Germany (Oct 4) Fly Kites
Not Drones (Drachen Statt Drohnen) at 3:30 pm. We will fly kites under the
slogan "Fly Kites Not Drones", while the antimilitarist music
group "Lebenslaute" supports us with their songs. Afterwards
we'll discuss the first steps to declare Herford a Drone-Free City. kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Honolulu, Hawai’i (Oct 4) Protest
& sign holding at the corner of Kapahulu & Kapiolani (in front of
the Honolulu Zoo) at 9:30 AM. Our protest (with our big drone replica)
will be seen by tourists, as well as local residents headed for the beach
and Zoo.Co-sponsored by World
Can't Wait-Hawai`i & The Coalition for Justice in Palestine

Indore, India (Oct 9) Protest
meeting “Space for Peace and Not for War” at Indore in the State of Madhya
Pradesh by Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development Studies. Dr.Tapan
Bhattacharya will be the Organiser.jnrao193636@gmail.com

Ipswich,
Massachusetts (Oct 4) No Drones for Spying or
Killing vigil at bottom of Town Hill from 11:00 to
12:30. Sponsored by North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice, Ch
45 Veterans for Peace and House of Peace. thehouseofpeace@yahoo.com

Kalkar,
Germany (Oct 3) Join us to
Gather and Peace March at Kalkar, where the ‘Centre for Air-Operations’ of
the German Air Force and the NATO-’Combined Air Operations Centre’ is
located. Starting at Market Place at 11:30.kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Karlsruhe,
Germany (Oct 4) We will fly
kites and balloons under the slogan "Fly Kites Not Drones" and
distribute flyers at Friedrichsplatz from 3:00 pm. There will be an
information booth where we will invite people to discuss with us. One of
our demands is "We demand that the German Government, the Government
of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT) and the regional Fraunhofer Institutes cease all drone research and
work together with scientists to develop research projects devoted to
civil and peaceful purposes."Contact Dr. Ullrich Lochmann, Ulochmann@web.dekontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Kennebunk, Maine (Oct 3-5) The
29th Annual New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters will feature a
field trip to the vigil at Bath Iron Works on Oct 4, a reading of
"Project Unspeakable", and a talk on "How Expensive Space
Technology is Used to Coordinate Warfare On the Planet." rawnjason@gmail.com

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (Oct
11) Noon - 3pm, large MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replica Display and kite flying in
front of Lockheed Martin (L-M) at intersection of Mall & Goddard
Boulevards.L-M is making a
killing in drone war and surveillance technology, building the
remote-controlled unmanned planes and satellites that direct the drones
and launch their deadly Hellfire missiles which L-M also builds. For more
info Brandywine Peace Community, (610) 544-1818 brandywine@juno.comor www.brandywinepeace.com

Kiruna, Lapland, Sweden (Oct 4
& 6 International Children´s Day) Standing demo in central town and at
COOP market. Banners and handing out leaflets against ‘nEUROn’ drone,
which will be tested at NEAT (North European Aerospace Test Range) close
to Kiruna in 2015. Women for Peace, Kirunaevannakristin@gmail.com

London, England (Oct 3) We will be
organising a sunset vigil outside the offices of General Atomics in
London. General Atomics makes armed drones that have been responsible for
the deaths of thousands, including many hundreds of children. We will
remember the deaths of so many in drone warfare with poetry, a short
ceremony, and readings. We will also leaflet to let public know about the
arms company in the area. Meet at 5:30 PM at General
Atomics offices, Tower 42

London,England
(Oct 8)Please join
the London group of the international network Women in Black
against War will be participating in the week of action against the
military use of UAVs (drones) by holding a vigil at 6:00 PM at Statue
of Nurse Edith Cavel in central London. Contactc.cockburn@ktown.demon.co.uk

Maine
Walk for Peace & a Sustainable Future (Oct 11-20) Peace walk led
by Buddhist monk (Nipponzan Myohoji) from Rangeley to North Berwick. The
walk will protest the growing militarization of the Maine economy and will
call for conversion to sustainable production to help deal with climate
change. Sponsored by Maine Veterans For Peace.www.vfpmaine.org

Minneapolis, Minnesota (Oct 11) The WAMM Ground All Drones
Committee is sponsoring a "Fly Kites Not Drones" action from
1:00-3:00 pm. Meet at the Roberts Bird Sanctuary Shelter located adjacent
to the Lyndale Park Peace Garden and just north of Lake Harriet. Kites
will be provided to decorate and fly in the nearby Rose Garden along with
distributing No Killer Drone stickers and flyers. More info: call WAMM
612.827.5364 or email groundalldrones@gmail.comor wamm@mtn.org

Nagpur, India (Oct 4)
Demonstration “Space for Peace and Not for War” by the students of Matru
Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work. Nagpur, Maharashtra State. Prof. Jyoti
Niswade will be the organizerjnrao193636@gmail.com

Nagpur, India (Oct 5) Mass
Squatting (sitting in protest) “Space for Peace and Not for War” by the
S.E.C. Rly Pensioners Assn and Progressive Railway Women's Organisation at
Nagpur, State of Maharashtra. (Ms. Seema Sondiya and Mrs. J. Saraswati are
the organizers)jnrao193636@gmail.com

Nagpur, India (Oct 6) “Space for
Peace and Not for War” Rally of students of National Institute of Social Work,
Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra. jnrao193636@gmail.com

Nagpur, India (Oct 11-12) National
Youth Conference on “Peace, Disarmament and Development” is being
organized at Nagpur University. Students, Lecturers and Professors and
other public figures will attend this conference. ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED:
Causes of wars, Role of Imperialism and NATO in waging wars, Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty, Destruction of Hiroshima & Nagasaki by
nuclear weapons, Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, Vision for
2020, UN Space Treaty, UN Moon Treaty, Non-Aligned Movement, UN and World
Peace, Disarmament & Development, Global Military Expenditure and
Human Development, Millennium Development Goals etc. jnrao193636@gmail.com

New York, New York (Oct 7) A vigil and No Drones protest organized by War Resisters League and the Granny Peace Brigade. WRL will provide signs and flyers to distribute. From 5 pm to 6:30 pm at L-3 Communications, 600 Third Avenue. For more info www.grannypeacebrigade.org and www.warresisters.org/WRL-local-events

Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (Oct 7) Philadelphia Interfaith Network Against
Drone Warfare invites you to a program, "Peacemaking In An Era of
Drone Warfare" at Project HOME, 1515 Fairmount Ave at 7:00 pm.The program will feature Medea Benjamin,
co-founder of CODEPINK, author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote
Control, and a showing of the film, Wounds of Waziristan, music,
drumming/spoken word, and religious voices for justice and peace such as
Shane and Katie Claiborne, Wil O'Brien, and others.brandywine@juno.com

Portland Oregon (Oct 4 and KS4P
week) Portland Branch of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) is joining those around the world flying kites, not drones in local city
parks. First event in Col. Summers Park , SE 17th and Taylor. Contact carol.disarm@gmail.com for
details.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (Oct
9) The Making Peace Vigil is planning on handing out flyers related to
Keep Space for Peace Week in downtown. sgerardm@gmail.com

San Jose, California (Oct 3) We
are calling for the San Jose Mayor and City Council to take back the drone!!
Stop the militarization of police and arming them with war toys! We are
very concerned about the new drone SJPD has acquired which City Council
approved of without even speaking to the community about it first. We say
give back the drone at 5:00 PM in the Martin
Luther King Library Sponsored by San Jose Peace &
Justice Center.

Somerville, Massachusetts (Oct 12)
Join us at the Parade gathering place in Davis Square at 11:30 am. The
Somerville-based HONK! Parade of Activist Street Bands will take place at
noon, and once again UJP's Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network
(EMAD) will march carrying signs and its eye-catching Drone replica. The
group's message is encapsulated in the banner it will carry: "No Killer
Drones! No Spy Drones!" To
join or support the Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network, email info@justicewithpeace.orgor call 617-383-4857

Stockholm, Sweden (Oct 4) Standing
demo in front of parliament, Mynttorget. 11.00-13.00 Banners and handing
out leaflets against ‘nEUROn’ drone which will be launched in 2015 in the
north of Sweden at North European Aerospace Test Range. nEUROn is an
experimental Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle being developed with
international cooperation, led by the French company Dassault Aviation
along with Switzerland, Spain, and Greece. Contact: Agneta Norberg lappland.norberg@gmail.com

Stuttgart, Germany (Oct 4) Protest
at AFRICOM Headquarters. Germany plans - like many other countries around
the world - to create and deploy armament capable drones. In Stuttgart is
the AFRICOM, the command center of the U.S. armed forces for Africa, a
central place of international drone warfare. Let us go there so that the
global outcry can be heard also from Stuttgart. Meet us in in front of the
US-AFRICOM in Stuttgart-Möhringen, Plieninger Straße 289. Directions: U3
stop Landhaus. 2 pm - Be there! kontakt@drohnen-kampagne.de

Sydney, Australia (Oct 11) Ground the drones, Stop the War
from noon to 1:00 pm at the Sydney Central Railway Square. www.anti-bases.org.au

Volk Field, Wisconsin (Oct 9) Air
National Guard Base 90 minutes north of Madison.They train pilots to fly Shadow drones
used for surveillance and target acquisition.Vigiling at the gates for 2 1/2 years. Plan to go to a rest area at 10:00 am on
Interstate about 10 miles south of Volk Field.There is a lot of traffic there and we
will leaflet and talk to people about what is happening at Volk Field.Joyfirst5@gmail.com

Wardha, India (Oct 9) Global
Network board member Tamara Lorincz will address two meetings of Medical
and Engg Colleges at Wardha. The meeting will be organised by Rotarian Mr.
Mahesh Mokalkar. maheshward@gmail.com

Washington,DC
(Oct 4) Please join us at our vigil at the Air and Space Museum to stand
in solidarity against killer drones! For years CODEPINKers have been
engaged in anti-drone activism, and we’re thrilled to be a part of
the international effort to coordinate actions on October 4th. Meet
at 12:00 PM at the Air
and Space Museum .For more
information anastasia@codepink.org

Weld County, Colorado (Oct 4) Protest vigil
at Minuteman III nuclear missile M-8 silo on the 12th Anniversary of
Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares II.We join all the other lovers of space, land, water and air people
and creatures who know and trust that peace is possible. Sisters Ardeth
Platte and Carol Gilbert will be joining us there.They were part of the Plowshares action
at that location in October 2002.Carpooling
from 420 Mesa Road in Colorado Springs at 8:30 amto join others for a noon vigil.Let us know if you can go and if you
might be able to drive. lwirbel@aol.com

White
Plains, New York (Oct 3) Join in calling on Wal-Mart
shoppers to boycott Honeywell consumer products in protest of Honeywell's
involvement in drone production and the drone-dependent US air war against
Syrians and Iraqis. 275 Main Street from Noon to 1:00 pm
Contact: nickmottern@earthlink.net
or (914) 806-6179

-Keep Space for Peace Week is
co-sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom,
KnowDrones.com and the Drone Campaign Network (UK)